{{Infobox river | name = Coleen River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Coleen River.jpg | image_caption = Coleen River in summer | image_size = 300 | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Alaska | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Coleen River in Alaska <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Alaska | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = Districts | subdivision_name4 = {{hlist|North Slope Borough|Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area}} | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|145|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="gnis"/> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Brooks Range | source1_location = Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope Borough | source1_coordinates= {{coord|68|42|59|N|143|28|36|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis"/> | source1_elevation = {{convert|4798|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.</ref> | mouth = Porcupine River | mouth_location = {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of Coleen Mountain, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|67|04|20|N|142|29|49|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = March 31, 1981| url = {{gnis3|1400576}} | title =Coleen River| accessdate = November 6, 2013}}</ref> | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Coleen River''' ({{IPAc-en|k|oʊ|ˈ|l|iː|n}} {{Respell|koh|LEEN}}) is a {{convert|186|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the Porcupine River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the Davidson Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and flows generally south-southeast into the larger river east of Coleen Mountain.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|page=137|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}}</ref> Its name comes from the French ''coline'', which means hill.
==See also== *List of rivers of Alaska
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==External links== *{{Cite web |url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=19040202 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212041552/http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=19040202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |title=Coleen River Watershed -- 19040202 |publisher=cfpub.epa.gov |accessdate=2009-11-29 |last= |first= }}
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Category:Rivers of North Slope Borough, Alaska Category:Rivers of Alaska Category:Rivers of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Category:Tributaries of the Yukon River Category:Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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